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1SFTP(1) OpenBSD Reference Manual SFTP(1)
2
3NAME
4 sftp - secure file transfer program
5
6SYNOPSIS
7 sftp [-1246aCfpqrv] [-B buffer_size] [-b batchfile] [-c cipher]
8 [-D sftp_server_path] [-F ssh_config] [-i identity_file] [-l limit]
9 [-o ssh_option] [-P port] [-R num_requests] [-S program]
10 [-s subsystem | sftp_server] host
11 sftp [user@]host[:file ...]
12 sftp [user@]host[:dir[/]]
13 sftp -b batchfile [user@]host
14
15DESCRIPTION
16 sftp is an interactive file transfer program, similar to ftp(1), which
17 performs all operations over an encrypted ssh(1) transport. It may also
18 use many features of ssh, such as public key authentication and
19 compression. sftp connects and logs into the specified host, then enters
20 an interactive command mode.
21
22 The second usage format will retrieve files automatically if a non-
23 interactive authentication method is used; otherwise it will do so after
24 successful interactive authentication.
25
26 The third usage format allows sftp to start in a remote directory.
27
28 The final usage format allows for automated sessions using the -b option.
29 In such cases, it is necessary to configure non-interactive
30 authentication to obviate the need to enter a password at connection time
31 (see sshd(8) and ssh-keygen(1) for details).
32
33 Since some usage formats use colon characters to delimit host names from
34 path names, IPv6 addresses must be enclosed in square brackets to avoid
35 ambiguity.
36
37 The options are as follows:
38
39 -1 Specify the use of protocol version 1.
40
41 -2 Specify the use of protocol version 2.
42
43 -4 Forces sftp to use IPv4 addresses only.
44
45 -6 Forces sftp to use IPv6 addresses only.
46
47 -a Attempt to continue interrupted downloads rather than overwriting
48 existing partial or complete copies of files. If the remote file
49 contents differ from the partial local copy then the resultant
50 file is likely to be corrupt.
51
52 -B buffer_size
53 Specify the size of the buffer that sftp uses when transferring
54 files. Larger buffers require fewer round trips at the cost of
55 higher memory consumption. The default is 32768 bytes.
56
57 -b batchfile
58 Batch mode reads a series of commands from an input batchfile
59 instead of stdin. Since it lacks user interaction it should be
60 used in conjunction with non-interactive authentication. A
61 batchfile of `-' may be used to indicate standard input. sftp
62 will abort if any of the following commands fail: get, put,
63 reget, rename, ln, rm, mkdir, chdir, ls, lchdir, chmod, chown,
64 chgrp, lpwd, df, symlink, and lmkdir. Termination on error can
65 be suppressed on a command by command basis by prefixing the
66 command with a `-' character (for example, -rm /tmp/blah*).
67
68 -C Enables compression (via ssh's -C flag).
69
70 -c cipher
71 Selects the cipher to use for encrypting the data transfers.
72 This option is directly passed to ssh(1).
73
74 -D sftp_server_path
75 Connect directly to a local sftp server (rather than via ssh(1)).
76 This option may be useful in debugging the client and server.
77
78 -F ssh_config
79 Specifies an alternative per-user configuration file for ssh(1).
80 This option is directly passed to ssh(1).
81
82 -f Requests that files be flushed to disk immediately after
83 transfer. When uploading files, this feature is only enabled if
84 the server implements the "fsync@openssh.com" extension.
85
86 -i identity_file
87 Selects the file from which the identity (private key) for public
88 key authentication is read. This option is directly passed to
89 ssh(1).
90
91 -l limit
92 Limits the used bandwidth, specified in Kbit/s.
93
94 -o ssh_option
95 Can be used to pass options to ssh in the format used in
96 ssh_config(5). This is useful for specifying options for which
97 there is no separate sftp command-line flag. For example, to
98 specify an alternate port use: sftp -oPort=24. For full details
99 of the options listed below, and their possible values, see
100 ssh_config(5).
101
102 AddressFamily
103 BatchMode
104 BindAddress
105 CanonicalDomains
106 CanonicalizeFallbackLocal
107 CanonicalizeHostname
108 CanonicalizeMaxDots
109 CanonicalizePermittedCNAMEs
110 ChallengeResponseAuthentication
111 CheckHostIP
112 Cipher
113 Ciphers
114 Compression
115 CompressionLevel
116 ConnectionAttempts
117 ConnectTimeout
118 ControlMaster
119 ControlPath
120 ControlPersist
121 GlobalKnownHostsFile
122 GSSAPIAuthentication
123 GSSAPIDelegateCredentials
124 HashKnownHosts
125 Host
126 HostbasedAuthentication
127 HostKeyAlgorithms
128 HostKeyAlias
129 HostName
130 IdentityFile
131 IdentitiesOnly
132 IPQoS
133 KbdInteractiveAuthentication
134 KbdInteractiveDevices
135 KexAlgorithms
136 LogLevel
137 MACs
138 NoHostAuthenticationForLocalhost
139 NumberOfPasswordPrompts
140 PasswordAuthentication
141 PKCS11Provider
142 Port
143 PreferredAuthentications
144 Protocol
145 ProxyCommand
146 PubkeyAuthentication
147 RekeyLimit
148 RhostsRSAAuthentication
149 RSAAuthentication
150 SendEnv
151 ServerAliveInterval
152 ServerAliveCountMax
153 StrictHostKeyChecking
154 TCPKeepAlive
155 UsePrivilegedPort
156 User
157 UserKnownHostsFile
158 VerifyHostKeyDNS
159
160 -P port
161 Specifies the port to connect to on the remote host.
162
163 -p Preserves modification times, access times, and modes from the
164 original files transferred.
165
166 -q Quiet mode: disables the progress meter as well as warning and
167 diagnostic messages from ssh(1).
168
169 -R num_requests
170 Specify how many requests may be outstanding at any one time.
171 Increasing this may slightly improve file transfer speed but will
172 increase memory usage. The default is 64 outstanding requests.
173
174 -r Recursively copy entire directories when uploading and
175 downloading. Note that sftp does not follow symbolic links
176 encountered in the tree traversal.
177
178 -S program
179 Name of the program to use for the encrypted connection. The
180 program must understand ssh(1) options.
181
182 -s subsystem | sftp_server
183 Specifies the SSH2 subsystem or the path for an sftp server on
184 the remote host. A path is useful for using sftp over protocol
185 version 1, or when the remote sshd(8) does not have an sftp
186 subsystem configured.
187
188 -v Raise logging level. This option is also passed to ssh.
189
190INTERACTIVE COMMANDS
191 Once in interactive mode, sftp understands a set of commands similar to
192 those of ftp(1). Commands are case insensitive. Pathnames that contain
193 spaces must be enclosed in quotes. Any special characters contained
194 within pathnames that are recognized by glob(3) must be escaped with
195 backslashes (`\').
196
197 bye Quit sftp.
198
199 cd path
200 Change remote directory to path.
201
202 chgrp grp path
203 Change group of file path to grp. path may contain glob(3)
204 characters and may match multiple files. grp must be a numeric
205 GID.
206
207 chmod mode path
208 Change permissions of file path to mode. path may contain
209 glob(3) characters and may match multiple files.
210
211 chown own path
212 Change owner of file path to own. path may contain glob(3)
213 characters and may match multiple files. own must be a numeric
214 UID.
215
216 df [-hi] [path]
217 Display usage information for the filesystem holding the current
218 directory (or path if specified). If the -h flag is specified,
219 the capacity information will be displayed using "human-readable"
220 suffixes. The -i flag requests display of inode information in
221 addition to capacity information. This command is only supported
222 on servers that implement the ``statvfs@openssh.com'' extension.
223
224 exit Quit sftp.
225
226 get [-afPpr] remote-path [local-path]
227 Retrieve the remote-path and store it on the local machine. If
228 the local path name is not specified, it is given the same name
229 it has on the remote machine. remote-path may contain glob(3)
230 characters and may match multiple files. If it does and
231 local-path is specified, then local-path must specify a
232 directory.
233
234 If the -a flag is specified, then attempt to resume partial
235 transfers of existing files. Note that resumption assumes that
236 any partial copy of the local file matches the remote copy. If
237 the remote file contents differ from the partial local copy then
238 the resultant file is likely to be corrupt.
239
240 If the -f flag is specified, then fsync(2) will be called after
241 the file transfer has completed to flush the file to disk.
242
243 If either the -P or -p flag is specified, then full file
244 permissions and access times are copied too.
245
246 If the -r flag is specified then directories will be copied
247 recursively. Note that sftp does not follow symbolic links when
248 performing recursive transfers.
249
250 help Display help text.
251
252 lcd path
253 Change local directory to path.
254
255 lls [ls-options [path]]
256 Display local directory listing of either path or current
257 directory if path is not specified. ls-options may contain any
258 flags supported by the local system's ls(1) command. path may
259 contain glob(3) characters and may match multiple files.
260
261 lmkdir path
262 Create local directory specified by path.
263
264 ln [-s] oldpath newpath
265 Create a link from oldpath to newpath. If the -s flag is
266 specified the created link is a symbolic link, otherwise it is a
267 hard link.
268
269 lpwd Print local working directory.
270
271 ls [-1afhlnrSt] [path]
272 Display a remote directory listing of either path or the current
273 directory if path is not specified. path may contain glob(3)
274 characters and may match multiple files.
275
276 The following flags are recognized and alter the behaviour of ls
277 accordingly:
278
279 -1 Produce single columnar output.
280
281 -a List files beginning with a dot (`.').
282
283 -f Do not sort the listing. The default sort order is
284 lexicographical.
285
286 -h When used with a long format option, use unit suffixes:
287 Byte, Kilobyte, Megabyte, Gigabyte, Terabyte, Petabyte,
288 and Exabyte in order to reduce the number of digits to
289 four or fewer using powers of 2 for sizes (K=1024,
290 M=1048576, etc.).
291
292 -l Display additional details including permissions and
293 ownership information.
294
295 -n Produce a long listing with user and group information
296 presented numerically.
297
298 -r Reverse the sort order of the listing.
299
300 -S Sort the listing by file size.
301
302 -t Sort the listing by last modification time.
303
304 lumask umask
305 Set local umask to umask.
306
307 mkdir path
308 Create remote directory specified by path.
309
310 progress
311 Toggle display of progress meter.
312
313 put [-fPpr] local-path [remote-path]
314 Upload local-path and store it on the remote machine. If the
315 remote path name is not specified, it is given the same name it
316 has on the local machine. local-path may contain glob(3)
317 characters and may match multiple files. If it does and
318 remote-path is specified, then remote-path must specify a
319 directory.
320
321 If the -f flag is specified, then a request will be sent to the
322 server to call fsync(2) after the file has been transferred.
323 Note that this is only supported by servers that implement the
324 "fsync@openssh.com" extension.
325
326 If either the -P or -p flag is specified, then full file
327 permissions and access times are copied too.
328
329 If the -r flag is specified then directories will be copied
330 recursively. Note that sftp does not follow symbolic links when
331 performing recursive transfers.
332
333 pwd Display remote working directory.
334
335 quit Quit sftp.
336
337 reget [-Ppr] remote-path [local-path]
338 Resume download of remote-path. Equivalent to get with the -a
339 flag set.
340
341 rename oldpath newpath
342 Rename remote file from oldpath to newpath.
343
344 rm path
345 Delete remote file specified by path.
346
347 rmdir path
348 Remove remote directory specified by path.
349
350 symlink oldpath newpath
351 Create a symbolic link from oldpath to newpath.
352
353 version
354 Display the sftp protocol version.
355
356 !command
357 Execute command in local shell.
358
359 ! Escape to local shell.
360
361 ? Synonym for help.
362
363SEE ALSO
364 ftp(1), ls(1), scp(1), ssh(1), ssh-add(1), ssh-keygen(1), glob(3),
365 ssh_config(5), sftp-server(8), sshd(8)
366
367 T. Ylonen and S. Lehtinen, SSH File Transfer Protocol, draft-ietf-secsh-
368 filexfer-00.txt, January 2001, work in progress material.
369
370OpenBSD 5.5 October 20, 2013 OpenBSD 5.5